Amputations

Name: Amputations at West Fraser
Start: 6/27/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065759 · 6/27/2016 · West Fraser

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: West Fraser
Location: 1345 US Highway 82 East, NEW BOSTON, TEXAS, 75570
NAICS: 321912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was straightening boards on the landing table when his right hand was caught in a roller. His left middle and ring fingers were injured, and his ring finger was amputated at the hospital.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown